Family Movie Night Inspiration and a Giveaway

There’s something so right about curling up on the couch with my 3 favorite people, a bowl of hot popcorn and a couple of great movies; so when I was given the opportunity to sample Orville Redenbacher’s new Flavors line of Popcorn – my family and I got out the popcorn bowls, blankets and movies.

The cool thing about this popcorn – YOU control the flavor! Each bag comes with a packet of flavor so you can choose how much or how little flavor your popcorn will have. In my family, we go big or go home. My kids shook the entire White Cheddar seasoning packet over the popcorn and I have to tell y’all – that was the right decision. Monkey was licking his fingers and swirling them around the empty bowl to get every single bit of White Cheddar flavor left – to say this popcorn was a hit with my family is a bit of an understatement.

I think I’m torn as to whether my favorite part of this *assignment* was getting to eat the popcorn with my family, or shopping to create a Family Movie Night Gift Basket inspired by the White Cheddar flavor. My gift basket is getting donated to my daughter’s elementary school to make one hard working teacher’s day, but stick around, because after I tell y’all what’s in my gift basket I have some news for y’all :-).

First things first:

The Popcorn

3 packages of delicious White Cheddar popcorn, you get to determine the level of White Cheddar Power that your popcorn will pack – from plain to oh-my-holy-white-cheddar-cheesy-awesome (our preferred level).

In our house, 4 people = 8 hands and 8 hands digging in a single bowl for popcorn can make for some finger fighting, so the first thing I did was go out and find the most adorable popcorn bowls possible. I got one large one and 4 individual. What I loved most about these bowls is that when you get to the bottom of the bowl, it reads your mind…

The more I shopped and the more I thought about Family, Movies, Popcorn and Togetherness – the more I knew this basket needed more comfort and cozy, so I found 4 delicious rich hot chocolate mixes (dark, sea salt, white chocolate and milk) – have you ever paired hot chocolate with movie night, a roaring fire and hot popcorn? {swoon}

I don’t know about y’all, but to me, movies, popcorn and candy are just a natural fit – so I also added two of my favorite traditional movie candies – Whoppers and Milk Duds.

To finish off this White Cheddar Family Movie Night Goodie Basket – I found the most decadent blanket that I could, because there’s just something wonderful about cuddling together on the couch, under a rich, soft, cozy blanket that brings a sense of happiness and rightness to your heart. Finally, to ensure that whoever wins this basket has everything they need for their best and most delicious family movie night – I’ve included a $25 gift card so they can rent or buy their family’s must see movie.

Now, I have some delicious news for y’all.

The wonderful people at Orville Redenbacher’s are going to give 25 of y’all samples of the new Orville Redenbacher’s Flavors!!

AND

ONE of you is going to win your very own Family Movie Night Basket from them, inspired by my own!

CONTEST CLOSED – WINNERS EMAILED

Want to win? It’s super easy:

Mandatory Entry: In a comment, answer this question – Do you think you’ll snack on Orville Redenbacher’s now that it comes in these new flavors? Which flavors are you most excited to try? ” You can learn all about the 3 new flavors on the Orville Redenbacher’s Facebook Page

Bonus Entry: In a separate comment, answer this question: How does your family celebrate family movie night (or couples movie night, if you don’t have kids)Bonus Entry: Subscribe to me via email or feed reader, and let me know in a separate comment

That’s a total of 3 entries per person and a total of 26 winners! Good luck, y’all!

My time and participation in this program is being compensated, however the opinions, reviews and ideas expressed are 100% my own

We have pizza and movie night every Friday. Our kids are now 4, 7, and 8. But, we tell them now that pizza and movie night is a tradition…one that will remain….so get ready to bring dates to pizza and movie night years and years and years from now.

For Family Movie Night, we pop a bunch of popcorn, everybody grabs their favorite drink, then we either run out to the rental kiosk or see if there’s anything good on streaming. If nothing else, we’ll jump in and pull something from our library!

My daughter is convinced we do movie night every Friday, but it seems like other commitments always interfere. When we do get a chance, it’s a long drawn out discussion over what’s available on Netflix streaming followed by popcorn and the movie. Usually ends with the little one asleep on the couch!

We just celebrated movie night this weekend.. we also watched Transformers- Dark of the moon and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. with of course Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn, in the Pop up bowl! A total win for our family.. we have 3 kids.

When we do movie night, I usually go & pick up the latest new release {recently it’s been Thor & Transformers 3} , and then we head to the front room & have a picnic on the floor & eat pizza. My boys love it, and I love it too!

Family Movie Night – We just had one last weekend. We get a kid friendly movie, spread out blankets and we had a picnic on the blankets. Treats are a must! My girls have so much fun snuggling and being together as a Fam!

We like to watch movies on the weekend, especially Friday nights, and usually have a bowl of popcorn (me) and kid’s cereal (him) with coffee (has to be flavored for me). So nothing special, but we enjoy it.

I love popcorn!! Since we just got a new microwave this weekend, this is perfect timing. I love trying new flavors and can’t wait to try th salt and vinegar one! I loved the Cinnibon flavor they used to make. Miss it!!

Movie night for us used to be spreading a blanket on the family room floor and all 6 of us gathering around for pizza or popcorn and rootbeer floats. The blanket was to catch the spills. 🙂 Now movie night is me on one couch, my husband on the other, and one or both of us on laptops while we watch. My how times have changed.

On movie nights, which are generally always Fridays, we either download Netflix movies, or rent from Blockbuster Express. Then I make a huge bowl of popcorn in a Whirlypop, put butter, salt, cheddar cheese, or some other variety of cheese, then lightly sprinkle with chipotle powder. That is all washed down with a or several cold beverages, then off to the waterpik.

We usually do movie night by making stove-top popcorn- either kettle corn or with lots of butter. Then lounging on the couch and scarfing the popcorn with m&m’s and raisins. (I’m weird). Sometimes I share the popcorn with my cat Winston Ziggy-Stardust. He prefers the nights when I’m feeling lazy and just pull out the bag of Goldfish Crackers though.

Family Movie Night – starts by finding a night that everyone can be at home at the same time! Next finding a movie that is appropriate for my 8 yr old daughter and something my 2 teenage boys do not complain about! The we add the popcorn ( M&M’s added) and drinks – dim the lights and the fun begins!

Family movie night for us means popcorn mixed with a sweet cereal. A big pile of blankets and pillows and fuzzy socks. We try to do movie night as often as possible and just enjoy hanging out together with nowhere we have to be.

My kids are 4, 3 & 2 so we all put on our jammies & snuggle up on the couch. Which ever kid gets dressed first gets to pick the movie. We might have s’mores if it isn’t too late. Don’t want the kids to have all that sugar right before bed. 🙂

Yum! We would definitely snack on those! My kids love popcorn, both as an after school snack and watching movies. I’m most excited to try the sea salt and malt vinegar, but I know my kids would go for the cheesy ones!

We celebrate family movie night usually with pizza(so it’s dinner), because my kids are little and need to go to bed early. But my husband and I frequently rent Redbox movies on Saturday nights, and will eat popcorn then.

My mom does movie nights/days with all of her grandkids. She will put a “now featuring” sign on the door with admission price (can be hugs, good manners, items to donate to local shelters, etc.) and the menu. She uses Red Box or the library, so it’s a good inexpensive and fun treat!

We love to watch movies together. My husband doesn’t usually eat popcorn, but my boys and I love it. If we are at home we douse it with Parmesan cheese and end up eating 2 bags between the 3 of us. We usually end up with a capive audience watching us eat popcorn, our dogs love it too so they sit and watch each piece as it goes into our mouths.

I have a son in college, a daughter in high school, a son in kindergarten, and a son in preschool. (Hello, can you say, EXHAUSTION). On the few occasions we do all get it together, all 4 kids, my husband and I, all end up on one sofa, all cuddled up in a big ball of love and watch a movie. It’s FANTASTIC and I absolutely love it!!
The favorite snack of choice is popcorn for most of us. However, my 4 year old prefers Cheerios and raisins.

My husband and I love get very few movie nights together due to his hectic work schedule. We like to blow up the air mattress, pile on blankets, grab our popcorn, candy, beverages of choice and make a whole night of it! I usually end of falling asleep after a few movies but can resist??

We are a family of five and try to do family movie night once a week, to cut down on discussions over movies we each take turns picking and everyone else has to not complain about what movie we are watching. We usually have pizza or popcorn with our movie.

Movie nights at our house always includes popcorn! It is fun to huddle on the couch with our kids and get totally absorbed into a movie. Movie nights would be even better with the fantastic bundle you are giving away. I hate to admit, but we use a plain stainless steel bowl for popcorn. I definitely need this!

We try to have a Friday night movie night each week which works well except during the boys baseball season. I totally love your basket Rachel- I”m right with you on hot chocolate and a cozy blanket to go with the movie and popcorn!

movie night at my house usually consists of popcorn and some red vines. The movie has to be appropriate for my 8 year old so it’s usually rated G but it’s so fun to just be together cozied up on the couch!

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Family movie time for us is usually a Sunday afternoon once or twice a month
We – five kids and hubby and me love all kinds of popcorn and with 7 of us might do both the white cheddar and the salt & vinegar